Polar Bears Past Bedtime Chapter 4

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Vocabulary Word of  the Day - split

split     /'split/

• to affect as if by breaking up or tearing apart : shatter <a roar that split the air>.
  

Page 32  -  Suddenly howls split the air.

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In Chapter 4 Jack and Annie see the seal hunter's polar bear mask. Look at some real masks made by the Arctic people, the Yup'ik.

Go to http://www.mnh.si.edu/arctic/features/yupik/

Click on the link "View the Masks"

Be sure to go all the way through the slide presentation to Slide 23 so you can see the polar bear mask. The slide show ends on Slide 28.

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   Learn about the seal hunter's home - the igloo.

Igloos  http://www.kstrom.net/isk/maps/houses/igloo.html

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